A two-year prospective study of small poultry flocks in Ontario causes of morbidity and mortality, Article of the Day

[lolotsung]

There are some interesting and useful links.

Part 1 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl ... 8719843577Part 2 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6838713/

[Brebis]

Thanks for finding this, it’s nice that the whole articles are available rather than just the abstract.
Very interesting.

[Farrier1987]

A lot to read there, but quite informative. I probably understood a lot of it.

Glad to see that us backyard types are not likely a huge reservoir of pathogens that would devastate the intensive industry.

My main takeaways are that we do not a bad job mostly, and that ventilation, good food and free ranging allow the flock to handle a lot of bad stuff. Good food and ventilation and hygiene for the flock and personally go a long way in keeping health issues down. Even parasites, although present in most flocks, do not cause huge problems.

Thanks Lolotsung.